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Ortho Tri-Cyclen

Ortho Tri-Cyclen is very effective pill of birth control and it also assist to clear up your skin from acne. It offers you a low daily dose of hormones that can help you to prevent pregnancy and take down the level of hormone in the body that can cause acne. Many experiments have shown that ortho tri-Cyclen is very effective to decrease mild to moderate acne. The medication is better choice for the women who have mild or moderate acne and they are in the stage of menstruation.

There are some side effects of taking the medication and it can be a life threatening, like blood clots, stroke and heart attack, so it is recommended that these women should not use the medication who have blood clots, a history of heart attack and who are going to be pregnant. The function of ortho tri-Cyclen is to prevent ovulation, so when there is no production of eggs, there will be no chance of fertilization. The pills also help to make your mucus thick, which makes hard for the sperms to enter the uterus.



There are many other benefits of taking the medication. If you are taking the medication on regular basis, then your menstrual period will become more regular and it flow lighter which means that there is less loss of iron. It will also help to make other menstrual symptoms less severe and there will be low chance of developing ovarian cysts or acute pelvic inflammatory diseases. It has also been noticed that some women loose weight while some women gain weight while taking the medication. If you are concerned about gaining the weight, then you should consult with your doctor that which combination of hormones is suitable for you. Many experiments have shown that if women of over of 40 years age take pills, will have no negative effect of the pills. You should discuss with your doctor about time period of taking pills.

If you are taking ortho tri-Cyclen, then you should not stop even if you feel that you are sexually at the peak, and with continuing the medication, you may get other benefits which the medicine can provide you in addition to stopping pregnancy. Whenever you feel that you want to become pregnant, then you just stop the medication and there will be no problem regaining fertility. There are certain drugs which can interact with the birth control pills and they can make the pills less effective in preventing pregnancy or it may cause an increase in breakthrough bleeding. These drugs are rifampinm, medicine of epilepsy like carbamazepine, phenylbutazone and some antibiotics.

You should take the medicine according to the advice of your doctor and if you miss the dose then take the dose as soon as you remember, and if it is the time of next dose then you should skip the dose and go according to regular schedule of dose. Store the medication at room temperature and keep away form moisture and heat. For more information, you can discuss with your health care provider.

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